Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, center, leads a rally in support of redrawing the state's congressional map to help Democrats. Photo: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Virginia voters' narrow approval Tuesday of a plan to redraw the state's congressional map has swung the nationwide redistricting fight that President Trump provoked in Democrats' favor — for now, at least.

Why it matters: Democrats gambled on an aggressive reworking of the map in a purple state — and won. Four Republican incumbents in Congress now face the prospect of running in Democrat-friendly districts designed to retire them this November.

Virginia's congressional delegation is expected to shift from a 6–5 Democratic edge to roughly 10–1, in a state Trump lost by less than 6 points in the 2024 election.

Republicans are vowing to appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, which in February allowed Tuesday's referendum to proceed without ruling on its legality.

The GOP may have one more chance to regain ground in the redistricting…